This is an excerpt from a speech made by president truman in 1951. the communists . . are engaged in a monstrous conspiracy to stamp out freedom all over the world. . the only question is: when is the best time to meet the threat and how? this statement shows that president truman supported the policy of bringing world war ii to an end. protecting eastern european nations. publishing pro-communist propaganda. containing the soviet union’s influence.

This statement shows that President Truman wants to contain the Union Socialist of Soviet Russia's influence around the globe. After world war 2, the United States and the USSR emerge as superpowers with different ideologies. While US is based on democracy, the USSR is based on the ideology of communist and wants to spread it around the globe to increase its sphere of influence. United States as the leading power of the free world wants to contain such aggressive move of the USSR to prevent the expansion of communism around the globe.